English > sturgeon: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone. |
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Member of | Acipenseridae, family Acipenseridae | sturgeons |
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Narrower | Pacific sturgeon, white sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus | food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America |
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beluga, hausen, white sturgeon, Acipenser huso | Valuable source of caviar and isinglass |
Broader | ganoid, ganoid fish | Primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering |
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Spanish | acipenseridae, esturión, marión, sollo |
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Catalan | esturió |
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